Durzi’s two-goal game lifts Kings
Carl Grundstrom scored just nine seconds into the game, Sean Durzi added two goals and the Kings defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Saturday night.
Cal Petersen made 18 saves for the Kings, who swept their four-game homestand and have won five in a row on home ice.
Dominik Kubalik and Dylan Larkin scored on the power play and Filip Hronek had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings.
The Kings led 2-1 after an eventful first period that started with Grundstrom scoring on a two-on-one rush — it was the secondfastest goal in team history.
Kubalik tied it 1-1 with his third power-play goal at 4:09, but the Kings went back ahead with 6:30 to go when
Kevin Fiala scored.
Durzi made it 3-1 at 6:23 of the second, squeezing his shot in at the near post three seconds after a power play expired. He got his first career multigoal game on a blistering slap shot from the blue line during a power play with 6:19 left in the period.
Kings forward Brendan Lemieux was injured in the second period and did not return.